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CABLE RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,955, datedSeptember 24, 1895.

Application filed April 6, 1894. Serial No. 506,586. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES I. EARLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable Railways, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cable railways, the object of the inventionbeing to provide an improved and effective mechanism or apparatus foruse in connection with a pair of driving-cables, whereby the live cableor the cable it is desired to use will normally be held out of the pathof movement of the cable-car grip, and whereby said cable may be shiftedinto the path of movement of and into position for engagement by thegrip of the cable car automatically, and also to so construct andorganize said mechanism that one of a pair of cables may be shifted intoposition for use independent of the other.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a plan .view of a portion of cable road furnished with myimprovements for placing one of a pair of cables in the grip of thecable car, said figure showing the mechanism in its normal position, orin the position it occupies when both cables are in their position fornon-use, said cables being represented by heavy dotted lines in saidfigure. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partially in section.Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1,it being a plan view of a portion ofthe cable road showing the cableshifting mechanism in the position itoccupies when one of said cables is shifted into position for use. Fig.4 is a sectional side elevation of the same, showing the grip of thecable car in position for engagement with the live cable, a portion onlyof the cable being shown in full lines. Fig. 5 is averticalcrosssectional view taken in dotted line a (1, Fig.2, looking toward theright hand in said figure. Fig. 6 is a similar cross-sectional view,taken in line b b, Fig. 2,1ooking toward the left hand in said figure.Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view,

similar to Fig. 6, of a portion of the track structure, showing acable-car grip and one of the cables as shifted into operative positionbetween the jaws of said grip. Figs. 8 and 9 are end and sideelevations, respectively, of the actuating member of the cable-shiftingmechanism and the two connecting-links of .the two cable-shiftingdevices. Fig. 10 is a rear elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a portionof said actuator and connecting-links.

Figs. 11, 12, and 13 are enlarged sectional views, taken in dotted lineso c, Fig. 9, showing the manner of operatively connecting one or theother of the connecting-links of the two shifting devices to thedepending actuatorarm.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

Briefly stated, the cable-railway mechanism, in the preferred formthereof herein shown, comprises a track structure having a grip-slot, acable-car grip travelingin said slot, a cable, a shiftable cable-carrieradjacent to the grip-slot and in position for normally holding the cableout of the path of movement of the cable-car grip, and a shiftingmechanism in operative connection with said carrier, having an actuatormember located in the path of movement of the cable-car grip, andadapted to be operated by said grip to shift the cable-carrier and bringthe cable carried thereby into the path of movement of the grip.

My improvements, which particularly relate to shifting mechanism for thecable-carriers of a system of cable traction, and to means in connectiontherewith for automatically operating the same, are applicable to asinglecable railway system or to a cablerailway system employing twocables and commonly termed a duplex system. In the drawings I have shownmy present improvements in connection with a duplex system of cablerailway; but it is obvious that my invention is applicable to cablerailways generally.

' In the duplex system the cables are usually carried in the conduit ata short distance apart and at the same level, one cable only being usedat a time; the purpose of having the two cables being that in case ofdisablement of one cable delay is avoided by having the other ready foruse. The cable which is being used will be herein referred to as thelive cable, and the other, which is generally kept at rest, will bereferred to as the dead cable.

This invention provides improved means whereby one or the other of thetwo cables in the duplex system of cable traction can be shiftedindependently of the other and automatically into the path of movementof the cable'car grip, and whereby said cable may be shifted back to itsoriginal or normal position automatically, the only operation requiredof the grip being that it shall be opened just previous to its passingthe point where the cable is to be shifted into or out of the path ofmovement of said grip. The grip may be of the usual side-grip type.

The track structure shown in connection with mypresent improvementscomprises the usual track-rails A and A, which along the line of theroad, except at the several pits, are supported upon the usual yokes C,only one of which is shown. Midway of the width of the track and formedbetween the two slotrails 2 and 3 is the usual grip-slot R, which, as inordinary cable-railway structures, is parallel with the track rails. Thetrack structure, as herein shown, has the usual conduit D, wherein thetwo cables M and N will be supported along the line of the road by theordinary supporting-sheaves. (Not shown.) Over the power-station pit andover any intermediate pit or terminal pit the track is supported by asuitable bridgework, usually comprising plate girders and masonryarches, forming the roof of the pit in the well-known manner illustratedin a general way in the several cross-sectional views of the drawings.The grip, designated in a general way by E, may, as before stated, be ofthe usual side-grip type, it having the lower fixed jaw 25*, the uppermovable jaw 26, and the usual devices foropening and closing said jawsrelatively to each other.

In connection with a track structure having a grip-slot and inconnection with two independently -operable driving cables supported inthe usual manner in the conduit of the track structure I have shownprovided a cable-shifting apparatus, having a cable-car rier for each ofthe cables, which carriers are independently shiftable in a directioncrosswise of the grip-slot of the track and are each capable of shiftingthe cable carried thereby into the path of movement of the cable-cargrip and into position to be engaged by said grip. For the purpose ofeffecting the movement of said cable-carriers independently of eachother, said carriers are shown supported for independent transversemovement upon a suitable frame, the construction and arrangement ofwhich may be modified to suit the circumstances of any particular case.

The cable-carriers will preferably be, as shown in the drawings, in thenature of vertically-revoluble sheaves Iand J. In the duplex system,such as herein shown, two of these carriers will be employed in each pitand each of said carriers will support a cable, whereas in asingle-cable structure but one of said carriers will be employed. Thesesheaves or cable-carriers I and J are herein shown supported fortransverse movement at successive points longitudinally of the trackupon the frame 0, which frame is supported at its ends by the masonry orbrickwork of the pit in which said sheaves are located. This frame, inthe preferred form thereof herein shown, consists ofthe two side bars orbeams 33, connected at suitable points by cross-bars 34. These sheavesor cable'carriers will preferably be carried by shafts 1 and 5,supported for longitudinal movement in suitable bearings 6 and 7 uponthe side rails of the frame 0, said sheaves being located between saidside rails,one at each side of the grip-slot, and being normallyretained in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, with their adjacentfaces sufficiently remote to permit the free passage between them of thecablecar grip. It is desired to state, in this connection, that myinvention is not limited to any particular construction or organizationof cable-carrier or of supporting apparatus therefor, as various formsof shiftable cablecarriers and supports might be used without departurefrom this invention.

One of the chief objects of my present invention is to provide, inconnection with a eable-railway structure having a suitable cablegripand a shiftable cable-carrier, mechanism so constructed and organized asto enable the same to be directly operated by the cable-car grip in itstravel to automatically shift the cable-carrier and bring the cable intothe path of movement of and into position to be grasped by the cable-cargrip. To accomplish this end I have provided in connection with theshiftable carrier or carriers of the track structure a system of leversand connections constituting a shifting apparatus, and in connectionwith said shifting apparatus I have provided an actuator, which normallylies in the path of movement of the cable-car grip, so that when saidcable-car grip in its travel has reached the point where it is desiredto shift the cable carried by one of said carriers, said grip willengage the actuator and shift the cable-carrier sufiiciently to bringthe cable carried thereby between the jaws of the grip.

Inasmuch as the shifting mechanism for both cable carriers aresubstantially the same, although oppositely disposed with relation toeach other, a description of one of the shift-- ing mechanisms willsuffice for a clear understanding of the construction and arrangement ofboth of the shifting mechanisms shown in the drawings.

In the preferred form thereof herein shown, each cable-shiftingapparatus consists chiefly of a bellcrank H, which is connected at oneend thereof to the shiftable cable-carrier, a reciprocatory actuator F,pivotally supported for vertical movement at 20 with one portion thereofin the path of movement of the cablecar grip E, a link 10, andathrust-rod 11. The bell-crank H, comprising the two arms 12 and 13, ispivotally supported for horizontal movement at 14 in vertical bearings15, formed in a bracket 16, secured to the side rail 33 of the frame 0.The arm 13 of the bell-crank H will preferably be bifurcated at its end,as shown at 17, Figs. 2 and 4, to straddle a thrust-bearing 18, mountedupon the end of the shaft of the cable-carrier. Secured to the oppositearm 12 of the bell-crank is a thrust-rod 11, which in turn is pivotallysecured at its opposite end, as shown at 19, to the end of the link 10,loosely mounted upon the shaft or trunnions 20 (as the case may be) ofthe reciprocatory actuator F. This actuator Fis in the nature of acurved lever fulcrumed near its rear end at 20, between ears 21 of abracket 22, secured to the yoke O, or to any suitable part of the trackstructure. This actuator has a depending arm 23 contiguous to the rearend thereof, preferably in alignment with its axis, as clearly shown inFigs. 2, 4, 8, and 9, to the extreme lower end of which is pivotallysecured a retracting-rod 24, which rod is pivotally secured at itsopposite end to one arm 25 of a retracting-lever K, pivotally supportedat 26 in advance of the cable-carrier upon a bracket 27, secured to theside rail 33 of the frame 0, the opposite arm 25' of said lever beingcurved at its upper end, as shown at 28, and normally lying in the pathof travel of the cable-car grip. This lever K constitutes a safetydevice for insuring the retraction of the actuator F from the positionshown in Fig. 4 to that shown in Fig. 2. The curved face 30 of theactuator constitutes a cam, against which the cable-car grip acts in itstravel to force the free end 31 of the lever-actuator downward to imparta shifting movement to the cable-carrier, said actuator being preferablycounterweighted at its opposite end, as shown at 32, to assist inretracting the same. Where two cable-carriers are em p1oyed,,which willnecessitate the use of two shifting apparatuses, as shown in thedrawings, the links 10 thereof will be supported, one at each side ofthe actuator, as most clearly sh own in Figs.

'8 to 13 of the drawings, and the link of the shifting apparatus it isdesired to use will be engaged with the depending arm 23 of theactuator, so as to be operated thereby, while the other link of theshifting apparatus in non-use will be thrown out of engagement with saiddepending arm.

In the drawings, Figs. 8 to 13, I have shown one form of device foroperatively connecting either one of said links 10 to the depending arm23 of the actuator. In the form shown in said figures the depending arm23 of the actuator is bored transversely, as shown at 35, to receive aclutch-pin 36, which is adapted to slide therein, and the two links 10are also bored transversely to register with the bore of theactuator-arm 23. The actuator-arm 23 is slotted at one side contiguousto the bore 35 to receive a laterally-projecting pin or stud 37, securedtransversely in the clutch-pin 36, said slot permitting the pin to beshifted transversely with relation to the actuator-arm 23 to throw thesame into or outof engagement with one or the other of the links 10 ofthe shifting apparatuses, as will be clearly understood by reference toFigs. 11, 12, and 13 of the drawings. As a means for holding the pin inits adjusted position in engagement with one or the other of said links1 have shown a holding-plate 3S, pivotally secured to the arm 23 abovethe stud 37 of the clutch-pin, and having remotely-disposed notches 39formed in its lower edge, in which the stud 37 will be held in itsdifferent positions. The means for connecting one or the other of thelinks 10 of the two shifting apparatuses may be varied in constructionand organization from that shownin the drawings without departure frommy invention.

In the drawings, the reciprocatory actuator is shown supported forvertical movement, it being located in vertical alignment with thegrip-slot; but it will be obvious that by a slight modification of theconnections between said actuator and shifting mechanism that saidactuator might be supported at one side of the path of movement of thecable-car grip and be adapted for movementtransversely of the trackstructure.

As a means for imparting a direct retractive movement to the shiftingmechanism to insure the normal retention of the cable-carriers in theposition shown in Fig. 1, I have provided each shifting apparatustherefor with a retracting device, which in the form herein shownconsists of a spiral spring 40, surrounding each thrust-rod 11, andhaving a bearing at one end thereof against an ad justable collar 41 andat the opposite end against a fixed bearing 42, herein shown as aflanged plate secured to the yoke O. The tension of theretracting-springs may be varied by adjustment of the collars 41. Theactuator F is limited in its upward movement by a stop 43, herein shownas a rod secured between the walls of the conduit D in the path ofmovement of the free end of the actuator. As an additional security inlimiting the throw of the thrust-rod 11, I have provided said rod withadjustable stops, herein shown as jam-nuts, bearing against the rearface of the bearing-plate 42, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings.

As will be understood by reference to the drawings, theretracting-springs and counterweight 32 of the actuator might bedispensed with, in which case the shifting mechanism would derive itsretractive movement directly from the retracting-lever K, which isconnected, as hereinbefore stated, to the depending arm 23 of theactuatcr.

In the operation of myimproved cable railway, the actuator beingnormally' in the position shown in Fig. 2, (which is the case when theretracting-spring 40 and weight 32 is employed, as shown,) the cable-cargrip, traveling in the direction of the arrow, passes between the twocable-car carriers 1 and J, after which it comes in contact with thecamface of the actuator, depressing the same to the position shown inFig. 4, which, through the medium of the shifting apparatus, shifts thecable-carrier I from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig.3, bringing the cable carried thereby between the jaws of the cable-cargrip and in position to be engaged thereby. In the further travel of thecablecar grip, after it has passed the actuator, said actuator isretracted by means of the retracting-spring and weight to its normalposition, (shown in Fig. 1,) shifting the cable-carrier I back to itsoriginal position out of the path of movement of the cable-car grip.From the foregoing it will be seen that the cable-carrier has anintermittent reeiprocatory movement toward and from the path of travelof the cable-cargrip, it being shifted toward and into alignment withthe path of travel and the grip by means of the shifting mechanism andits aetuator,and is shifted away from the path of travel of the grip bymeans of the retracting device; therefore it will be understood that inone direction of movement of the cable-carrier this places the cablewithin the cable-car grip, and in the other direction of movement itshifts the cable out of said grip.

In case the retracting spring or weight is dispensed with, the actuatorwill be thrown to the position shown in Fig. 2 by means of the cable-cargrip coming into contact with the retracting-lever K previous to itsengagement with the actuator, the depression of the retracting-lever bythe cable'ear grip throw-' ing the actuator into operative position andthe depression of the actuator bringing the retracting-lever into itsoperative position or into the path of travel of the cable-car grip,which operation will be fully understood by comparison of the severalfigures of the drawings. In case all three of the retracting de- Y vicesshown in the drawings are employed in erative or fail in their function.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a cable-railway, thecombination with the track-structure having a grip-slot and with thegrip of a cable-car, of a shiftable cablecarrier adjacent to thegrip-slot and in position for normally holding the cable out of the pathof movement of the cable-car grip, and shifting-mechanism in connectionwith said carrier and having an actuator-member located in the path ofmovement of the cableear grip and adapted to be operated by said grip toshift the cable-carrier and bring the cable carried thereby into thepath of movement of the grip, substantially as described and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a cable-railway, the combination with the track-structurel1avingagrip-slot,and with a cable-car grip, of a transversely-shiftablecahle-carrier, located below said grip-slot, a cable supported by saidcarrier normally in alignment with, but at one side of the jaws of thecable-car grip, a shifting device in connection with said carrier andhaving a reciprocatory actuator member adjacent to the grip-slot and inposition and adapted to be operated by said grip to shift thecable-carrier and its cable into path of movement of the grip,substantially as described.

3. In a cable-railway, the combination with a track-structure having agrip-slot, of a cablecargrip travelingin said slotand havinglaterallyprojecting cable-engaging jaws, a transversely shiftable cable-carrier,a cable supported by said carrier normally in alignment with, but at oneside of the jaws of the cablecar grip, a shifting device connected withsaid cable-carrier, a reciprocatory actuator pivotally supported in thepath of movement of the cable-car grip and operatively connected withsaid shifting device, substantially as described and for the purpose setforth.

4. In a cable-railway, the combination with a track-structure having agrip-slot and with the grip of a cable-car, of two transverselyshiftablecable-carriers located one at each side of and below the grip-slot, andshiftingmechanism connected therewith and having an actuator located inthe path of movement;

I of the cable-car grip and adapted to be operated thereby to shift oneor the other of said carriers transversely of the track-structure tobring the cable carried by said carrier into position for engagementwith said grip, substantially as described and for the purpose setforth.

5. In a cable-railway, the combination with a track-structure having agrip-slot and with the grip of a cable-car, of two transverselyshiftablecable-carriers located one at each side of, and below the grip-slot,independent shifting-devices for each of said carriers and anactuatortherefor having a portion thereof located in the path ofmovement of the cablecar grip and adapted to be operated by said grip,substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a cable-railway, the combination with the track-structure having agrip-slot and with the grip of a cable-car, of transversely-shiftablecable-carrying sheaves located one at each side of, and below said slot,shifting mechanism for the cable-carrying sheaves comprising levers andconnection embodying an actuator-member supported in position andadapted to be operated by the grip of a cable car, substantially asdescribed and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a cable-railway, the combination with the track-structurehavingagrip-slot and with the grip of a cable-car, of two cable-carryingsheaves supported one at each side of, and below the grip-slot andadapted for transverse movement with relation to said grip-slot, twocables carried one by each sheave, and shifting-mechanism for thecable-carrying sheaves comprising levers connected with said sheaves, anactuator located below and in vertical alignment with the grip-slot andin position to be operated by the cable-car grip, and connectionsbetween said levers and actuator, substantially as described and for thepurpose set forth.

8. In a cable-railway, the combination With a track-structure having agrip-slot and with the grip of a cable-car, of cable-carriers supportedfor movement transversely of the gripslot, levers connected with saidcarriers, an actuator connected by thrust-rods with said levers andlocated in the path of movement of the cable-grip and adapted to beoperated by said grip to throw one or the other of said carriers inwardtoward the grip-slot, and means for automatically imparting a returnmovement to said parts, substantially as described.

9. In a cable-railway, the combination with the track-structure having agrip-slot and with the grip of a cable-car, of a transversely-shiftablecable-carrier and shifting mechanism therefor embodying twooppositely-disposed actuator-members located in the plane of thegrip-slot, one of which members is adapted for actuating theshifting-mechanism to shift one or the other of the carriers in onedirection, and the other of which members is to actuate the shiftingmechanism to shift the carrier in the opposite direction substantiallyas described and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a cable-railway, the combination with the track-structure havinga grip-slot, and with the transversely-shiftable cable-carriers andtheir shifting-mechanism, of two connected actuator-members locatedbelow the gripslot and adapted to impart alternate opposite movements tosaid carriers through the medium of the shifting-mechanism, and acablecar grip in position and adapted for successively engaging saidactuator-member's, substantially as described and for the purpose setforth.

11. In a cable-railway, the combination with the track-structu re havinga grip-slot and with a cable-car grip movably-supported in said slot, oftwo independently-operable cable-carriers supported for transverseshifting movement one at each side of, and below the gripslot, a cablesupported by each of said carriers normally out of alignment with thegripslot, and actuating mechanism in connection with said carriers andembodying an actuator member supported in the path of movement of thecable-car grip and adapted for operating and shifting one or the otherof said carriers into and out from alignment with the grip-slot,substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

12. In a cable-railway, in combination, a track-structure having atransversely-shiftable cable-carrier, shifting mechanism in connectionwith said cable-carrier and adapted for shifting the carrier in onedirection, a cable supported by said carrier, a cable-car grip adaptedfor engagement with and disengagement from said cable, a reciprocatoryactua tor pivotally-supported below the grip-slot and in the path ofmovement of the cable-car grip and operatively connected with theshiftin g mechanism of the cable-carrier and adapted to be operated bythe cable-car grip to antomatically shift the cable into said grip, and

a retracting-device in operative connection with the carrier shiftingmechanism and adapted for automatically retractingthe shifting mechanismto shift the cable out of said grip, substantially as described.

13. In a cable-railway, the combination with a cable-car grip; and witha cable-sustaining carrier, rotatable in a plane substantiallyperpendicular to the plane of the rails of the line of way, andshiftable substantially in parallelism with, and at right angles to, thenormal path of travel of the cable, and also shift able substantially inparallelism with the plane of the rails of the line of way; of anactuator, located in the path of movement of, and adapted to be operatedby, the grip; and shifting mechanism intermediate of and connecting saidactuator and the cable-carrier, substantially as described.

14. In acable-railway, the combination with a track-structure having agrip-slot in parallelism-with the tracks thereof and having a cable-cargrip movably supported in said grip-slot, of two independently shiftablecable-carriers located one at each side of, and below said grip-slot, anindependent shift ing-device for each cable-carrier, a reciprocatoryactuator located in the path of movement of the cable-car grip andconnected with one or the other of said shifting devices, and means fornormally retaining the actuator in position for engagement by thecable-car grip, substantially as described and for the purpose setforth.

15. In a cable-railway, the combination with a track-structure having agrip-slot and with a shiftable cable-carrier adjacent to the gripslotand in position for normally holding the cable carried thereby out ofthe path of the grip, of a vertically reciprocatory actuator having acam-face in alignment with the grip-slot and having a dependingactuatorarm, a shifting-device comprisinga bell-crank connected withsaid cable-carrier, and a thrust-rod connecting said bell-crank with thearm of the actuator, a cable-car grip adapted for depressing theactuator, and means substantially as described, for elevating saidactuator, substantially as specified.

16. In a cable-railway,the combination with the track-structure having agrip-slot and with a cable-car grip supported in said slot, of acable-carrier adjacent to the grip-slot in position for normally holdinga cable out of the path of movement of the cable-car grip, shiftingmechanism in connection with said carrier, and two remotely-disposedactuators, operatively connected together and with the shiftingmechanism, and located in the path of movement of the cable-car grip andadapted for shifting the carrier in opposite directions, substantiallyas described.

17. In a cable-railway, the combination with a track-structure having agrip-slot, and a cable-car grip supported in said slot, of a shiftablecable-carrier, an actuator located in the,

path of movement of the cable-car grip and adapted to be operated bysaid grip in its travel, shifting mechanism connecting said actuatorwith the shiftable cable-carrier, and a retracting-spring intermediateto said actuator and cable-carrier, substantially as described and forthe purpose set forth.

18. In acablerailway, the combination with a track-structure having agrip-slot and with a cable-car grip supported in said slot, of ashiftable cable-carrier, shifting mechanism in connection with saidcable-carrier and having an actuator member supported for movement inthe path of movement of the cablecar grip, and a retracting-lever inoperative connection with said actuator andin position for operation bysaid grip, substantially as described.

19. In a cable-railway, the combination with.

the track-structure having a grip-slot, a cablecar grip supported formovement in said slot, of a shiftable cable-carrier adjacent to saidslot, shifting-mechanism in connection with said carrier, and twooppositely-disposed actuators supported in the path of movement of thecable-car grip one at each side of the carrier and operatively connectedtogether and with the shifting-mechanism, substan tially as describedand for the purpose set forth.

20. In a cable-railway, the combination with the track-structure havinga grip-slot, and with the grip of a cable-car, of a cable-carriersupported for intermittent reciprocatory movements transversely of thegrip-slot, shifting-mechanism in connection with said cablecarrier andembodying an actuator supported in the path of movement of and adaptedto be operated by the grip to shift the cablecarrier transversely toplace the cable carried thereby into the cable-car grip, and aretracting-device in connection with and adapted for shifting the cablecarrier in the opposite direction to withdraw the cable from said grip,substanially as described.

21. In acable-railway,the combination with the track-structure having agrip-slot and with the grip of a cable-car, of a cable-carrier supportedfor transverse reciprocatory movements below the grip-slot,grip-actuated shifting mechanism in connection with and adapted forshifting the cable-carrier in one direction, transversely of thegrip-slot and. a spring actuated retracting-device in connection withand adapted for automatically shifting the cable-carrier in the oppositedirection, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES I. EARLL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. RIECKS, D. TAYLOR.

